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MATTER OF DUKE

305 N.J. Super. 407 (1997)

IN THE MATTER OF THE TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF DORIS DUKE, ET AL., UNDER INDENTURE AND DEED OF TRUST OF PERSONALTY DATED DECEMBER 11, 1924 OF JAMES B. DUKE.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided April 16, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin P. Michel argued the cause for appellant Chandi Duke Heffner (Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, attorneys; Mr. Michel, Robert D. Borteck and Sabrina H. Perel, on the brief).

Wayne A. Cross (Dewey Ballantine) of the New York bar, admitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for respondent The Duke Endowment (Harold & Haines, attorneys; Gordon A. Millspaugh, Jr., Glenn R. Gordon, and Mr. Cross, of counsel; Gordon A. Millspaugh, Jr., on the brief).

Richard Kahn argued the cause for respondents Trustees of the Doris Duke Trust (Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch, attorneys; James C. Pitney and Lynn C. Halpern, on the brief).

Before Judges DREIER, D'ANNUNZIO and NEWMAN.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Chandi Duke Heffner, appeals from a summary judgment dismissing her claim to be declared a "lineal descendant" of Doris Duke, and therefore the current beneficiary of Doris Duke's share of a trust established in 1924 by her father, the late James B. Duke. Heffner also appeals from certain ancillary orders relating to the Trustees and their counsel.

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